HMAS
Huon
(II)

HMAS Huon departs Sydney Harbour to participate in Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2017.
Commanding Officer
Class
Huon Class
Type
Role Mine Warfare
Pennant
M 82
International Callsign
VLTC
Motto
Stand Fast
Home Port
Builder
ADI Newcastle
Launched
25 July 1997
Commissioned
15 May 1999
Dimensions & Displacement
Displacement 732 tonnes
Length 52.5 metres
Beam 9.9 metres
Draught 3 metres
Performance
Speed 14 knots
Range 1,600 nautical miles
Complement
Crew 46
Propulsion
Machinery
  • 1 x Fincantieri GMT diesel
  • 3 x Isotta Fraschini 1300 diesels
  • 3 x electrohydraulic motors
  • Riva Calzoni retractable/rotatable APUs
Armament
Guns 1 x MSI DS 30B 30mm
Physical Countermeasures
  • 2 x Bofors SUTEC Double-Eagle Mk 2 mine disposal vehicles
  • 2 x MEL Aviation Super Barricade chaff launchers
Electronic Countermeasures AWADI Prism
Radars Kelvin Hughes 1007
Sonars GEC-Marconi Type 2093
Combat Data Systems GEC-Marconi Nautis 2M
Weapon Control Systems Radamec 1400N optronic surveillance system
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HMAS Huon (II) ships badge

HMAS Huon (II) is the first of six Huon Class Minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy by Australian Defence Industries, Newcastle, NSW.

The ship is the most advanced of its type in the world. Like her sister ships, Huon is made of fibre reinforced plastic and has a unique single skin solid hull that has no ribs or frames and provides high underwater shock resistance and very low magnetic and noise levels. This hull is designed to flex inwards if an undersea explosion occurs nearby. All machinery/equipment is mounted on cradles or suspended from bulkheads to further enhance resistance to shock damage and protect ship systems.

The Huon Class Minehunters are all named after Australian rivers. Huon is the second RAN ship to carry the name. HMAS Huon (I) was a River Class Destroyer in commissioned service during World War I.

HMAS Choules' embarked MRH-90 Taipan helicopter, call sign “Hat Trick”, conducts passenger transfer serials with HMAS Huon during the ship’s transit to Vanuatu.
HMAS Choules' embarked MRH-90 Taipan helicopter, call sign “Hat Trick”, conducts passenger transfer serials with HMAS Huon during the ship’s transit to Vanuatu.
Able Seaman Combat Systems Operator - Mine Warfare, Duncan Cobb, monitors the sonar picture in HMAS Huon's Operations Room during the Mine Counter Measures and Diving Exercise 2014.
Able Seaman Combat Systems Operator - Mine Warfare, Duncan Cobb, monitors the sonar picture in HMAS Huon's Operations Room during the Mine Counter Measures and Diving Exercise 2014.
HMAS Huon's starboard Mine Disposal Vessel is launched to conduct a mine search off the coast of Tasmania's Stony Head Military training area.
HMAS Huon's starboard Mine Disposal Vessel is launched to conduct a mine search off the coast of Tasmania's Stony Head Military training area.
HMAS Huon's Clearance Diving team return to their ship following a successful dive during the Mine Counter Measures and Diving Exercise 2014 in New Zealand.
HMAS Huon's Clearance Diving team return to their ship following a successful dive during the Mine Counter Measures and Diving Exercise 2014 in New Zealand.